The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Bind 5–6W. Durell & Company, 1811 |
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Side 11
... Tell me , thou best of gods , thou gentle youth , Tell me my sad offence ; that only I , While hush'd at ease thy drowsy subjects lie , In the dead silence of the night complain , Nor taste the blessings of thy peaceful reign . I never ...
... Tell me , thou best of gods , thou gentle youth , Tell me my sad offence ; that only I , While hush'd at ease thy drowsy subjects lie , In the dead silence of the night complain , Nor taste the blessings of thy peaceful reign . I never ...
Side 22
... tell us the poets have not rightly followed the traditions of anti- quity , in metamorphosing the sisters of Phaeton into poplars , who ought to have been turned into larch- trees ; for that it is this kind of tree which sheds a gum ...
... tell us the poets have not rightly followed the traditions of anti- quity , in metamorphosing the sisters of Phaeton into poplars , who ought to have been turned into larch- trees ; for that it is this kind of tree which sheds a gum ...
Side 33
... tell you that , not many years ago , it happened that a cobbler had a casting vote for the life of a criminal , which he very gracious- ly gave on the merciful side . From Lausanne to Geneva we coasted along the country of the Vaud ...
... tell you that , not many years ago , it happened that a cobbler had a casting vote for the life of a criminal , which he very gracious- ly gave on the merciful side . From Lausanne to Geneva we coasted along the country of the Vaud ...
Side 39
... Tell , who is represented as shooting at the apple on his son's head . The story is too well known to be repeated in this place . I here likewise saw the figure and armour of him that beaded the peasants in the war upon Berne , with the ...
... Tell , who is represented as shooting at the apple on his son's head . The story is too well known to be repeated in this place . I here likewise saw the figure and armour of him that beaded the peasants in the war upon Berne , with the ...
Side 62
... tell us represents King Arthur , the old British king . But what rela- tion had that Arthur to Maximilian ? I do not ques- tion , therefore , but it was designed for Prince Ar- thur , elder brother of Henry the Eighth , who had espoused ...
... tell us represents King Arthur , the old British king . But what rela- tion had that Arthur to Maximilian ? I do not ques- tion , therefore , but it was designed for Prince Ar- thur , elder brother of Henry the Eighth , who had espoused ...
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ABIGAIL arms atque beauty behold blood bright BUTLER Cæsar canton of Berne cantons Cato Cato's charms Christianity church COACHMAN conjurer death DECIUS dost thou drum emperor Ev'n ev'ry eyes Fantome fate father fear friends GARDENER Gaul Georgic give goddess gods GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven Hesiod honour Irenæus Jove JUBA king LADY lake learned live look lov'd Lucia LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty mountains muse numbers Numidian nymph o'er Ovid Pagan passion Pentheus poet Portius prince Prithee QUEEN rage religion rise river Roman Roman senate Rome Rosamond Saviour Saviour's history SCENE SEMPRONIUS shine sight SIR GEORGE SIR TRUSTY soul Spanish monarchy speak stand Switzerland sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thing thought thousand TINSEL tion Tirol town VELLUM verse view'd virgin virtue Whilst whole winds youth САТО
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Side 128 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Side 62 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Side 157 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Side 213 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Side 189 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Side 269 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Side 90 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Side 197 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Side 111 - Would he save Cato, bid him spare his country. Tell your dictator this: and tell him, Cato Disdains a life which he has power to offer.
Side 184 - Messiah's outspread banner shines, How does the chariot rattle in his lines! What sounds of brazen wheels, what thunder, scare, And stun the reader with the din of war! With fear my spirits and my blood retire, To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire; But when, with eager steps, from hence I rise, And view the first gay scenes of Paradise, What tongue, what words of rapture, can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness!